We offer a theoretical explanation and empirical evidence for a positive link between increased offshoring and individual skill upgrading. Skill upgrading takes the form of on-the-job training, complementing the existing literature, which mainly focuses on the retraining of workers after a...

We offer a theoretical explanation and empirical evidence for a positive link between increased offshoring and individual skill upgrading. Skill upgrading takes the form of on-thejob training, complementing the existing literature, which mainly focuses on the retraining of workers after a direct...

This paper provides new evidence on how offshoring shifts relative labor demand for tasks at the industry level. A novel theoretical mechanism, based on sorting of heterogeneous workers into occupations with task dependent offshoring cost, guides estimation. Cost shares of tasks are linked to...

Die funktionale Einkommensverteilung ist eines der klassischen Themen der Makroökonomik. Sie beschreibt die Aufteilung des Volkseinkommens auf die in der Produktion eingesetzten Faktoren - in der Regel Arbeit und Kapital. Der Anteil des Faktors Arbeit wird üblicherweise durch die sogenannte...

Der Euro feiert demnächst Geburtstag. Seit zehn Jahren bestimmt die europäische Gemeinschaftswährung den wirtschaftlichen Alltag in nunmehr 15 EU-Staaten. Politisch ist sie eine Erfolgsgeschichte, die ökonomischen Implikationen werden jedoch teils kontrovers diskutiert. Eine Debatte...

Wissenschaftler des ZEW und der Universität Mannheim untersuchen in einer aktuellen Studie den Zusammenhang zwischen Offshoring und Einkommensrisiko - ein Aspekt der bisher in der Literatur kaum Beachtung gefunden hat. Das überraschende Ergebnis: Steigt in einem Sektor die...

Over the last 20 years the trade literature repeatedly documented the trade-reducing effects of inter- and intra-national borders. Thereby, the puzzling size and persistence of observed border effects from the beginning raised doubts on the role of underlying political borders. However, when...

This paper identifies a "border" effect in the absence of a border. The finding that trade between East- and West-Japan is 23.1 to 51.3 percent lower than trade within both country parts, is established despite the absence of an obvious east-west division due to historical borders, cultural...

We know that euro-area member countries have absorbed asymmetric shocks in ways that are inconsistent with a common nominal anchor. Based on a reformulation of the gravity model that allows for such bilateral misalignment, we disentangle the conventional trade cost channel and trade effects...